The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Yasuhira Hara’s Kingdom manga revealed new cast members for Kingdom Season 6, which premieres on October 4 on NHK General. In addition, it was confirmed that Kingdom Season 6 will stream on Lemino, Netflix, and Prime Video’s Anime Times channel on October 5, followed by other services on October 10.
The new Kingdom Season 6 cast members include:
- Taito Ban as Shun Sui Ju
- Hideaki Tezuka as Ba Nan Ji
- Hiroki Tōchi as Chou Ga Ryū
- Kyōsuke Mano as Gyou’un
- Kento Fujinuma as Danto
The previously announced cast includes:
- Shō Komura as Sojin
- Daichi Hayashi as Sotan
- Yuu Hayashi as Kanto
- Kōji Takeda as Ako
- Dai Matsumoto as Mako
- Shinnosuke Tachibana as Akakin
- Yoshino Nanjō as Kitari
- Masaaki Mizunaka as Katari
Kenichi Imaizumi directs the anime at Pierrot and Studio Signpost. Noboru Takagi handles series composition, Hisashi Abe is the character designer, and Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto are the composers.
Other staff members include:
- Art Director: Junichi Higashi
- Color Designer: Miyuki Abe
- Director of Photography: Hiroki Takano
- Editor: Keisuke Yanagi
- Sound Director: Kazuzo Hamano
Yasuhisa Hara’s Kingdom manga launched in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump in 2006. The first volume of the Kingdom manga will be available physically and digitally in English starting on November 11.
All five seasons of Kingdom is available now on Crunchyroll. Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime:
Xin and Piao are war-orphans in the kingdom of Qin. They dream of proving themselves on the battlefield until the day Piao is captured by a minister. The boy manages to escape and return to his village, but he is badly injured. Xin then meets a mysterious youth who bears an eerie resemblance to Piao—a boy who will one day become emperor!
